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The Lady Vanishes (Alfred Hitchcock, 1938)

10 January 2008

Last week in Slant Magazine: Hitchcock and film lovers alike should not pass up this worthy copy of one of the director's British-made masterworks.

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The Lady Vanishes ~ writ Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder, based on the novel "The Wheel Spins" by Ethel Lina White; cine Jack Cox; edit R.E. Dearing; with Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Dame May Whitty, Cecil Parker, Lindan Travers, Naunton Wayne, and Basil Radford ~ The Criterion Collection DVD available now

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Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick, 1987)

Awhile back in Slant Magazine: A hyper-violent, foul-mouthed war movie that outpaces Apocalypse Now, Platoon, and a dozen others for sheer motive force. This disc, packaged with so many other Kubrick classics, only makes Full Metal Jacket better.

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Full Metal Jacket ~ writ Kubrick, Michael Herr, and Gustav Hasford, based on Hasford's book "The Short Timers"; cine Douglas Milsome; edit Martin Hunter; with Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, and R. Lee Ermey ~ Deluxe Edition DVD available now

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